Lane Kiffin’s players are undisciplined? You don’t say…
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Dear (New) Mayor, Let’s talk sports…
Whoever emerges from the special election in December holding my city’s mantle of leadership inherits a sports scene that is in the direst of straits.
Read the rest of this entry »Mid-Season Football Review!
It seems almost incomprehensible that half of college football’s regular season is over, but with [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Meet me in Birmingham, 2020, and other sports stories
Weekly sports columnist Matt Hooper takes sports to a place it’s never been… improv theatre.
Read the rest of this entry »Corner of Stadium and Royal: The Story of the Greatest Game I Ever Saw
Florence, Alabama. Corner of Stadium and Royal. December 11, 1993. The most cherished memory of my childhood. The greatest football game I ever saw…
Read the rest of this entry »Live-blogging is not a crime
The NCAA should be far more concerned about graduation rates, fiscal responsibility and rogue boosters rather than whether live-bloggers are giving you too much analysis too quickly.
Read the rest of this entry »College football’s back (and throwing me curves)
After only one week of college football, I’ve already learned a lesson: My predictions were terrible.
Read the rest of this entry »College Football Game Day, Week One
The Weekly’s comprehensive coverage of college football in the state of Alabama, week one.
Read the rest of this entry »UAB’s 2009 record will be…
It’s no secret that UAB’s football program hasn’t been very good of late. The team, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Alabama’s 2009 record will be…
The expectations for Nick Saban’s Tide are sky high for the 2009 season…but with so many new faces on both sides of the ball making their debut in 2009, are fans expecting too much?
Read the rest of this entry »Auburn’s 2009 record will be…
With the start of the 2009 college football season just days away, fans are beginning to wonder what they can expect from first-year Auburn coach Gene Chizik. Well…
Read the rest of this entry »Football’s [almost] back
It occurred to me as I was watching the Hall of Fame Game last Sunday [...]
Read the rest of this entry »On the record as a naysayer: The dome? Not a good idea.
These past few weeks have given me an opportunity to do what do few of our city’s decision-makers will: fairly and openly listen to both sides of the dome debate, spend hours independently researching other cities with similar facilities and finally, come to a decision after weeks of thoughtful discourse and internal debate.
Read the rest of this entry »“Enormous white elephant”: Valerie Abbott makes the case against a dome
Valerie Abbott, the most vocal opponent to Birmingham’s planned multi-purpose domed facility, discusses her opposition to the project with Birmingham Weekly.
Read the rest of this entry »Domes 101: Just the facts on domed stadiums
With the prospect of a multi-purpose domed facility in Birmingham now more certain than ever before, it behooves all of us to learn as much as we can about these behemoth structures.
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